Skein lacing and tying attachment for reels



UNITED VSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

"GEORGE GRIMSHAW', JR., OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of vLetters Patent No. 293,164,- datedlFebruary 5, 1884.

Application filed 18, 1883. (No model.) I

'o all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I,-GnoRGE GniMsHAw,

-Ty'ing Attachment `for Reels, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a` sectional end elevation of my improvement shown as applied to a reel. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of a part of the same. Fig. 3 is .a frontelevation of apart of the same, showing a band with the silk threads laid upon it. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a part of the same, showing the end4 of the band passed through two vot the loops. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of apart of the same, showing theband tied. Fig. 6 is a plan view of apart of a skein of silk shown as banded.

The object of the invention is to separate the silkV into skeins, to hold them apart, and

to facilitate the lacing and .tying thereof, as.

- the reel-arms B, and secured to the outer arms of the brackets E by the screws G. The outer edges of the arms H are upon a level with the outer edges of the adjacent reel-arms B, so that the threads in passing around the reel will rest upon the outer edges of the arms H.

4To the outer edge of each arm H are attached the shanks of hooks I7 which hooks may be made in S shape, as shown in Fig. 1, or in any other suitable shape.

Upon hooks J or other suitable pivots attached to the inner edges of the arms H are placed spools K, upon which are wound the -binding-threads L. From the spool K the binding-threads L pass to and are laid upon A the hooks I, as shown in Fig. 2. The ends of the binding threads L are secured to the shanks of the outer hook I of the next set, or to a pin or other support attached to the arm H. Vith this construction, as the threads M, to form the skein, are laid upon the reel AB by the traverse-bar N, in the ordinary manner, they will press down the binding-thread L into the spaces between the hooks I, forming loops, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. When enough thread M has been wound upon the reels A B for a skein, the end vof the binding-thread L is detached and is passed through the loops ofthe said binding-thread, as shown in Figs. 4L and 5. The screws G lare then loosened, and the bars H are pushed inward, withdrawing the hooks I from. the skein. The binding-thread L is then drawn taut and tied, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and the skein is ready to be removed from the reel.

Vith this improvement the lacing and tying can be done in much less time than has heretofore been possible, the silk separated into skeins, andthe skeins are less liable to become tangled in dyeing, and the thread can' be more readily and quickly wound, and will be freerfrom knots than when the skein has been laced in the .ordinary manner after having been reeled. Y l

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentfl. The combination, with a silk-reel provided with a supporting-shaft, oi the arm H, provided on its outer edge with a series ot' hooks, I, and upon its inner edge with snpl ports adapted to carry spools for holding the binding-threads, and the Supports E, said hooks Vbeing arranged in relation to one another as described, whereby intermediate spaces are formed, in which the skeins are wound, all as set forth.

2. The combination, with the reel-shaft A, of the slotted brackets E, the clampingscrews G, and the arms H, provided at theirmupp'eredges with hooks I and at their lower edges with spool-carrying pivots J, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the lacing and tying will be done automatically while reeling the thread or yarn, as set forth.

GEORGE GRIMSHAW, JR. Vitnesses: f

- JAMES T. GRAHAM,-

EDGAR TATE. 

